Lamp bracket



v may 19, 1925. Y. 1,538,059

T. W. ROBISON LAMP BRACKET Filed Sept. 24, 1925 llatented May 19, 1925.

UNITED sTArEs THOMAS W. ROBISON, OF HILLSDALE, OREGON.

LAMP BRACKET.

Application led September 24, 1923. Serial No. 664,603.

To all 107mm it may concer/n.'

Be it hereby known that I, THOMAS 7. RoBIsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hillsdale, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Lamp Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates moreparticularly to type casting machines and to means for holding electric lamps over said machines.

One object of my invention is to provide an exceedingly simple and eflicient means for holding an electric lamp back rof the matrix distributing portion of a type casting machine in a manner that the operator, who is required to work around the distributor entrance, may have full use of both hands.- l

Another object of my invention is to so construct same that the lamp may be held in the correct position to properly illuminate the interior of the magazine and distributor entrance and slidably move along back of any of the distributor entrances without changing the relative position of the lamp.

Still another object is to enable anyone to readily attach same to the type casting machine without the aid of any tools other than a hammer.

I accomplish these results in the manner set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, of which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device in position preparatory to attaching same to the machine. Figure 2 is a fr-ont elevation of Fig. 1. Figure 3 is a side elevation similar' to Fig. 1 but showing the bracket .secured in place and the lamp in position.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the same or similar parts throughout the different views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, it will be observed that I have'indicated in dotted lines the face of the frame of a casting Vmachine back of which is a shaft 11 which operates the. distributor mechanism, not shown. The position of the magazine 12 is also indicated in dotted lines to show the direction in which it is desired to cast the light. It will be understood that the distributing mechanism may vary greatly in different machines,y and that all I require for the application of my device is the shaft or rod 11 upon which it slides and some form of wall or face 10 against which the foot of the device rests.

Referring to the device itself it will be seen that it consists of va double forked member whose upper fork 13 is adapted to snugly hold a lamp socket 14 equipped with the usual shade 15. The lower fork 16 forms a pair of feet which pass downwardly behind the shaft 11 and bear against the face 10. The single arm 17 projects over the shaft 11 and is bent downwardly with a hammer around the shaft 11 to hold the bracket in place, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is evident that the operator need only slide the bracket laterally in order to move his lamp, and if the lamp is desired at a place on the machine other than over the distributor entrance or magazine it may readily be lifted out and later on replaced in the fork 13.

It will be understood that the device itself is made of some malleable material which will permit the bending of the arm 17, and also that the clamping arm 17 may be substituted by other clamping means without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware that many forms of lamp brackets have been constructed in the past; I therefore do not claim same broadly, but only within the limits set forth in the following claim.

What I claim as newv is:

A lamp bracket consisting of a frame having an upstanding forked member adapted to receive a lamp socket, a pendant foot adapted to bear against a vertical wall, and a malleable arm projecting from the middle of said frame and adapted to be curled downwardly around and slide on a round rod mounted in front of said vertic al wall.

THOMAS w. RoBisoN. 

